I have been writing technical articles for over 4 years to this date, and have been with CellPhoneTrek.com for over half of this time. I graduated from the University of Central Florida with a degree in Computer Science. When I first began writing in 2006, I had been working in the Cell Phone Industry for 4 years as a Technician/Tester and a Flashing Engineer for the 3 major Cell Phone Companies - Verizon, AT&T, and T-Mobile. My background knowledge stems from my previous experience within the technical workings of these companies. I enjoy keeping up to date with the technological advances which occur in the Mobile industry so often nowadays, and I enjoy bringing my knowledge to my readers. When I couple my technical knowledge with my love for writing, I am able to report all of the front-line information that develops in the industry as soon as it arises. What I hope that my readers can take away from my articles is a new found knowledge on a technology which they didn't know was in existence, or a new understanding of something they couldn't previously comprehend. This is my career, and I love it.
9 March, 2010, 3:34 pm
MindMap your way to success. If you ever find yourself in situations where you jot down notes while someone is giving a lecture, and by the time you sit down to study the notes, you’ve forgotten the main points of what was being spoken about? This is a common mistake that occurs with many people, [...]
9 March, 2010, 2:59 pm
Leaks continue to pile up in cell phone news about Microsoft’s Pink phones running on to the Marketplace. The latest two models being the Pure and the Turtle, suggested to land at Verizon Wireless sometime around April 20th. These will be the first two devices available in the line-up, and they will be targeted at the 13-17 and 18-29 age demographics. These two devices are said to be “featurephones” instead of full fledged smartphones, with an ad campaign that is said to center around the “truly, madly, deeply” campaign that we have been finding on recent Twitter Updates. With so many advanced smartphones on the block for such low prices nowadays, can these phones even make the first step in popularity? What do you think?
9 March, 2010, 2:26 pm
Verizon has been doing trials with their LTE (4G) network in 2 different US test markets, and they have just recently posted their results. Peak Results read:
“Trials in Boston and Seattle indicate the network is capable of peak download speeds of 40 to 50 megabits per second (Mbps) and peak upload speeds of 20 to 25 Mbps. The speeds are significantly faster than Verizon Wireless and other wireless providers’ current or promised 3G network speeds.”
Whereas Realistic Results records that:
“Verizon Wireless engineers report LTE average data rates of 5-12 Mbps on the downlink and 2-5 Mbps on the uplink in real-world environments and will offer Verizon Wireless customers mobile browsing speeds comparable to customers’ current, typical online Internet experience.”
It’s obvious that most companies will talk up their new products in order for their customer base to gain confidence, but when a company announces that their tests have exceeded their expectations, it’s hard to not get a little excited. Unfortunately, if you live in Boston or Seattle, you currently can’t experience these high speeds, but Verizon will be bringing them to you by the end of 2010. Lets cross our fingers for leaked 4G capable phones!
9 March, 2010, 9:48 am
Today in Cell Phone News, the NFL and Verizon Wireless have announced that they have set up a four year deal which will bring NFL Mobile Programming and the NFL RedZone Channel to Verizon Wireless phones. What we know so far is that specifics, such as the phone and pricing information, will be announced in August, but this new service will be ready for Verizon wireless on time for the NFL Draft Coverage on April 22-24. Service subscribers will be able to watch Sunday and Thursday night games live, and will have access to to live radio broadcasts of every regular season and playoff game from home and away teams. Although Verizon is the one who announced this, they do not mention any exclusivity, and the NFL Mobile website still only mentions The NFL Mobile App on Sprint. Verizon used the announcement to also mention their upcoming 4G network. With today’s announcement, Verizon Wireless also becomes the official wireless sponsor of the NFL.
9 March, 2010, 9:24 am
Earlier this year, we saw a wireless induction charger at the CES iLounge Pavillion. Made by Case-Mate, the company has finally given the device a name, a price, and most importantly, a ship date. Entitled the “Hug” (Consisting of the Hug Case and the Hug Pad), the device’s Hug Case slips on to your iPhone 3G or iPhone 3GS and will recharge your phone by simply laying your device on to the Hug Pad. The Case is unfortunately Bulky, and this device relies on the same technology that we’ve already seen for years now. Although the Pad is able to recharge any cell phone which utilizes the technology, this is probably useless to iPhone users. The question is: Is this device really worth the $99 asking price? What do you think about this news?
1 February, 2010, 2:05 pm
Logitech has come up with probably one of the coolest apps that have ever been presented to the general public. This new app turns your iPhone or iPod Touch into a wireless mouse and keyboard, via Bluetooth, for any computer or laptop that can send and recieve a Bluetooth signal. The app is said to work very well, and be compatible with both PC and Mac. The App is available FREE from the iTunes store, but also requires the installation of a seperate ’server program’, and another drawback is that once the iPhone goes into standby mode, you must reconnect the device in order to keep using it. According to Logitech’s description of the App, the App is a Multitouch Trackpad that can be used as a 2 or 3 button Mouse, in a Landscape or Portrait mode, supporting 2 finger scrolling, and on screen text display while typing.
1 February, 2010, 1:52 pm
Good news for the beaten down Mobile Device Market, global cell phone sales rebounded in the 4th quarter. Global Handset shipments were up 10% to 324.4 million in the 4th quarter of 2009, compared to 293.8 Million in the same quarter of the previous year. This is the first quarter of growth that the industry has seen since the 3rd quarter of 2008. ABI Research said it saw mobile handset shipments in the 4th quarter of 2009 grow about 15% since the 3rd quarter of 2009. All of these sales have increased competition, driving sales price down 2%, equaling to an average of about $117.55, says ABI Research. Also observed in the 4th quarter of 2009, both Nokia and Samsung Electronics increased their market share in the industry, Nokia’s now being 37.7% of the market, and Samsung’s being 20.5%. Apple and LG Electronics also saw growth in the same quarter.
1 February, 2010, 1:16 pm
Today, we have seen the change in opinion by the general public as to what a Mobile Device should be able to do. AT&T, the Sole Network that provides service for the iPhone, has been reported to service dropped calls, spotty reception, and Network Hiccups. With the dawning of a new age, the age of the iPad, we’re now beginning to see Mobile Devices demanding more than their network can provide. The fact is, is that Wireless Providers have drastically underestimated the demand by consumers, and as this trend of increased expectancy by consumers continues to grow, we will only see the Networks become slower and slower, resulting in extremely slow downloads, and spotty service on an already overwhelmed system. Wireless Data usage has grown to an unprecedented 7,000 percent since 2006, and companies are struggling to come up with the technology needed to meet these demands. Jeff Bradley, Senior VP for AT&T devices, says that they are working hard on meeting consumer demand,” but is this really enough?
1 February, 2010, 1:01 pm
Laws have been springing into Legislation of Banning the use of Handheld devices such as Cell Phones for talking and texting while driving. All this has been done to improve driver safety and awareness on the roads today. A study that has been in progress shows otherwise: According to the Highway Loss Data Institute, laws banning the use of cell phones for talking and texting while driving do not seem to be lowering the number of crashes that incur. The laws have been effective in getting drivers to use hands-free devices, but studies show that using a hands-free device may not be any safer than speaking on the phone itself - warding that the issue is more about the Distracted Driver than it is the Device. The Transportation Department, not being happy with the study, says that it’s irresponsible to say that these laws do not improve upon Highway Safety.
1 February, 2010, 11:43 am
Nokia, the largest producer of cellular phones, is said to be cutting their prices on their mobile phones. Several Sources report Nokia to be cutting prices by up to 10 percent. Nokia said that cutting prices is a normal part of it’s growing, ongoing business, and reports that it normally cuts prices across it’s portfolio several times a year. After the price cut, Nokia’s cheapest model of smartphone, the 5230, which normally retails at 170 euros in Finland, now retails for 120 euros. Nokia said that last week, revenue on Smart Phones jumped 26% this quarter from last quarter. The price cuts have effected companies such as Sony-Ericksson, which focus on mid-range feature phones which usually boast a good camera or mp3 player, but lack the computer-like operating system. These price cuts follow the return of growth in the industry after the recession in 2009, Nokia says that it expects the Cell Phone Market to grow 10% in 2010.
1 February, 2010, 11:27 am
MediaTek, the world’s number 2 provider of Cell Phone Chips for smart phones and other phones, shipped out 350 million units in 2009. Earlier today, announced in Taipei, the company said it aims at shipping 28% more chips than it did last year, being driven by the uprising market in feature-rich cell phones such as the smart phones that we see today. Taiwan’s biggest chip designer, MediaTek said it would sell chips with fatter margins and software already installed, in order for companies such as Motorola to be able to cut back on production time. Before these annoucements, analysts predicted that Mediatek’s 2010 sales to boost by 14%, to $4.1 billion USD. This year, Mediatek says they’re projecting 450 million chips being shipped, up by 100 Million from 2009.
1 February, 2010, 9:46 am
We all know that Google becoming a mainstream Cell Phone contender holds some promise, but what exactly are it’s intentions for the new HTC Nexus One? On release, this phone is made available to T-Mobile, albeit not the worst Cellular Company on the block, but definitely one with the smallest 3G footprint out of all the contenders. But fret not - the phone will soon be coming to Verizon, and new filings with the FCC have approved the phone for AT&T as well. The New Nexus one will work with WCDMA Bands I, II, and V, meaning AT&T will soon be using this phone as well as Verizon and T-Mobile.
27 January, 2010, 11:08 am
Engadget has some watermarked photo’s of what they are alleging to be the much anticipated Apple Tablet, said to be unveiled at 1pm EST. Now the question is - are these photo’s REAL or are they just another FAKE? Well I can’t speak for all of CellPhoneTrek when I say this - but first of all, I don’t believe that the Apple Tablet is going to feature that big clunky Button at the bottom center like the iPhone has. Secondly - If you look at the Top of the Screen of the ‘Apple Tablet’, it says “No Service”, yet somehow the device is still streaming what appears to be a google map - something that requires a connection in order to view. Lastly - What is with all of the nuts and bolts holding the device down? I know Apple has put millions into this project, but why would everyone at the convention be so crazy about snatching up the first edition, the one and only Apple Tablet in existance, everyone knows that Apple always fixes their bugs during the first couple months…
8 September, 2009, 1:00 pm
Sprint has officially announced today that the HTC Touch Pro 2 is $349.99 and in stores now. Keep in mind this is after a rebate and the discount that comes with a new two-year contract.
7 September, 2009, 3:56 pm
LG has introduced a new QWERTY slider that is hopefully scheduled to launch sometime this year. Not much is known about this phone yet but we do know that it has a 3in touch screen and a 5 megapixel camera.
7 September, 2009, 2:29 pm
Samsung and Giorgio Armani’s have produced two new sliders the W820 and W8200. Not much is known about these two phones besides that they have flashy outsides features a glowing Armani’s logo and golden lined faceplate.
7 September, 2009, 1:49 pm
The Palm Pre has tried to keep the new update webOS 1.2 a secret but the hacker’s community as gone ahead and unearth the new features of the new version. The Palm has seemed to have listened to customers suggestions with addition of email searching, improved web browser and copy/paste functions.
7 September, 2009, 12:55 pm
Apple has officially approved the first emulator for the iPhone, the Commodore 64 emulator. This emulator was unable to run on the iPhone 2.0 version but since the iPhone 3.0 has come out it can actually run code on the iPhone, making it the first emulator to run game code on an iPhone.
4 September, 2009, 3:41 pm
LG has confirmed the release date for the chocolate BL40 in Europe later this mouth and for the rest of the world in the mouth of October. It might also be the launch device for the new Telus network in Canada that also has a launch date in October.
4 September, 2009, 2:30 pm
The new sprint TouchPro2 comes out on September 8th, we have been following this phone and are anxious to see it out on shelves come Tuesday. New headphone jack and color schemes are the highlights of the new Sprint version of the Touch Pro.
4 September, 2009, 1:51 pm
Novothink is the first company to make a solar powered charger that is officially licensed by apple. They come out in November for the iPhone 3G and iPhone 3Gs and for the iPod 2nd generation later this mouth.
3 September, 2009, 2:38 pm
Nokia has taken on the challenge of 3D capabilities on the personal phone. The new technology is still not there yet but it is an extremely good idea.
3 September, 2009, 1:47 pm
LG has been spotted with the new chocolate touch. The phone has a very sleek look and features a new way to surf the web and has video playback capabilities.
3 September, 2009, 1:11 pm
Sprint announced today that the HTC Hero comes out October 11th and will be $179.99 after rebates. Nothing special that the phone introduces but it does have a new Sense UI operating system.
2 September, 2009, 3:02 pm
Verizon has the UMW190 out online and in stores next mouth. It is defiantly a good global 3G modem but without a good international connection there is always room for improvement.
2 September, 2009, 2:08 pm
Alltel customers are now able to get the HTC for under$80, which is awesome considering the international roaming capabilities. This was all made possible with a new one year contract policy
2 September, 2009, 1:34 pm
Sony Ericsson XPERIA X2 was announced today. The phone features flashy graphics, on the home screen especially, but the software was a bit disappointing.
1 September, 2009, 2:09 pm
Nokia has high hopes for a new stylus-based character input touch screen phone. The new series 40 is only going to be supplied to china and comes out late this year.
1 September, 2009, 1:08 pm
Samsung have just announced the S3650 Corby to be out in store next mouth. It features a good price considering it is a touch screen phone with emphasis on social networking.
31 August, 2009, 3:09 pm
IBand is The King of Cell Phone Cases. It is made from d30 which is the best material for any cellphone case.
31 August, 2009, 2:26 pm
The Palm Pre’s keyboard is becoming an on-screen keyboard hopefully soon. It still has some bugs and minor thing that need to be fixed, borfore it comes out, but we have high hopes for it.
28 August, 2009, 2:23 pm
Samsung’s Oddball B3310 Makes It’s Entrance in Europe Next Mouth with a new design of numerical column of keys on the face of the phone. The phone is hard to quickly operate without turning it sideways.
27 August, 2009, 3:48 pm
Samsung’s Sprint-bound Instinct HD is coming out soon and so far only blurry pictures and one offical picture have been seen. not until recently a set of pictures have come out and hopefully more are coming.
8 January, 2009, 8:45 am
An early prototype of the Touch Watch Phone (aka the LG-GD910) was released last year at CES. This year the model is still in testing, but is slated to go on sale sometime 2009. Unfortunately for most, the device is intially exclusive to Europe with no plans to hit the U.S. markets.
The GD910 sports a [...]
7 January, 2009, 9:47 am
Motorola is redefining the cell phone production game by producing the W233 Renew, a cell phone made from recylced plastic water bottles. Not only did they make the phone out fo recyclables, but the packaging is also made from recycled material, boasts Motorola. There is also a postage-paid box inside the package made of recycled [...]
7 January, 2009, 9:45 am
The App Store by Apple has been wildly popular. It’s allowed programmers and designers to showcase their work for users, and allowed users to find cool new applications for their iPhones. Viximo is aiming to close the gap between programmers and users, with their HTML/XML platform to create content for Apple’s iPhone in mere hours.
ViXML [...]
6 January, 2009, 9:58 am
A new handset by Palm is expected at this year’s Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas this week. Palm has been developing a successor to their Palm OS platform for years. Their new venture is codenamed Nova, and expected to be based on a Linux core. Nova is speculated to have some backwards compatibility [...]
6 January, 2009, 9:56 am
Eye-Fi, producer of wireless SD cards, announced they were preparing an application that will allow iPhone users to wirelessly transmit images between their computers, the Web, and their iPhones.
The new application will be free to existing Eye-Fi card owners, but initially won’t be avaialble at all to new users. With the cellular or Wi-Fi capacity [...]
6 January, 2009, 9:54 am
Why wait till CES 2009 to unleash your products? That’s what Motorola thought, so they announced their new line of phones two days before CES 2009 opened. Most notably of this new line is the Motorola A3100 and Tundra.
The A3100 offers a monster touch screen and support for Windows Mobile 6.1. With it’s sleek, attractive [...]
6 January, 2009, 9:52 am
In an industry like the everchanging cell phone and smart-phone, rumors are abound. It’s been floating around that at this year’s CES T-Mobile will unveil the G2, child of the Google Android-based G1. Speculation suggests the HTC Touch HD, already available in overseas markets, will be polished and rebranded for use in the United States [...]
30 December, 2008, 9:57 am
On their website AT&T is currently selling refurbished iPhones for $50 under the price of a new retail unit. Now until the end of December AT&T is also offering an additional $50 off, reducing the cost of a refurbished (8GB) iPhone to $99.
Refurbished units can be a cheap adequate alternative to purchasing a new unit. [...]
30 December, 2008, 9:28 am
For the past three years the volume of text messages has multipled by ten, says CTIA. Industry watchers and politicians are again questioning whether the cost by carriers to transmit SMS text messages are in line with fees to consumers.
SMS has proven to be a continually high revenue generator for carriers. Individual text messages with [...]
30 December, 2008, 9:27 am
On the last Monday of December 2008 AT&T issued a statement to their customers reassuring that service has been restored. A power outage in a Bloomfield, Michigan facility due to bad weather caused service to hiccup in parts of the U.S.
AT&T claimed most services were back up on Sunday, however some customres may experiene “sporadic [...]
26 December, 2008, 9:20 am
To make room for a larger range of iPhone applications, Apple is going easier on their content limitations. Since releasing the App Store about five months ago, developers and users have taken to it like ants on sugar. According to Apple, users have downloaded more than 300 million applications from the App Store.
The download store [...]
22 December, 2008, 10:00 am
Cupcake for Google Android
A number of new features were made available last week on Google’s Android platform. Code named Cupcake, this new branch of the Android operating system is expected to be accessible over the next coming weeks for the public.
Among the new features are rennovations to e-mail, video recording, playback, Bluetooth stereo support, new [...]
3 November, 2008, 2:37 pm
LG Electronics incorporated and Microsoft Corporation signed a preliminary collaborative agreement today. As per an LG statement, this agreement will have focus on R&D, marketing, applications, and services in the field of mobile devices. The agreement was signed by Steve Ballmer, Microsoft’s CEO during a trip to South Korea, the home of LG Electronics. Microsoft [...]
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